diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/pip/cmd-pip.mts b/packages/cli/src/commands/pip/cmd-pip.mts
index c08072a3c..4ad111c92 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/pip/cmd-pip.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/pip/cmd-pip.mts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { WIN32 } from '@socketsecurity/lib-internal/constants/platform'
 import { spawn } from '@socketsecurity/lib-internal/spawn'
 
 import { commonFlags } from '../../flags.mts'
+import { spawnNode } from '../../utils/spawn/spawn-node.mts'
 import { meowOrExit } from '../../utils/cli/with-subcommands.mjs'
 import { resolveSfw } from '../../utils/dlx/resolve-binary.mjs'
 import { filterFlags } from '../../utils/process/cmd.mts'
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ async function run(
   // Use local sfw if available, otherwise use pnpm dlx.
   const result =
     resolution.type === 'local'
-      ? await spawn('node', [resolution.path, 'pip', ...argsToForward], {
+      ? await spawnNode([resolution.path, 'pip', ...argsToForward], {
           shell: WIN32,
           stdio: 'inherit',
         })
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/dlx/spawn.mts b/packages/cli/src/utils/dlx/spawn.mts
index b66a7638d..b8b5ae65c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/dlx/spawn.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/dlx/spawn.mts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
 import { SOCKET_PUBLIC_API_TOKEN } from '@socketsecurity/lib/constants/socket'
 import { dlxPackage } from '@socketsecurity/lib/dlx-package'
-import { spawn } from '@socketsecurity/lib/spawn'
 
 import { resolveCdxgen, resolveCoana } from './resolve-binary.mjs'
+import { spawnNode } from '../spawn/spawn-node.mts'
 import { getDefaultOrgSlug } from '../../commands/ci/fetch-default-org-slug.mjs'
 import ENV from '../../constants/env.mts'
 import {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export async function spawnCoanaDlx(
         ...mixinsEnv,
         ...spawnEnv,
       }
-      const spawnResult = await spawn('node', [resolution.path, ...args], {
+      const spawnResult = await spawnNode([resolution.path, ...args], {
         cwd: dlxOptions.cwd,
         env: finalEnv,
         stdio: spawnExtra?.['stdio'] || 'inherit',
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export async function spawnCdxgenDlx(
       ...options,
     } as DlxOptions
 
-    const spawnResult = spawn('node', [resolution.path, ...args], {
+    const spawnResult = spawnNode([resolution.path, ...args], {
       cwd: dlxOptions.cwd,
       env: {
         ...process.env,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/python/standalone.mts b/packages/cli/src/utils/python/standalone.mts
index 355fbfe42..927ce381e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/python/standalone.mts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/python/standalone.mts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import ENV from '../../constants/env.mts'
 import { PYTHON_MIN_VERSION } from '../../constants/packages.mts'
 import { resolvePyCli } from '../dlx/resolve-binary.mjs'
 import { getErrorCause, InputError } from '../error/errors.mts'
+import { spawnNode } from '../spawn/spawn-node.mts'
 
 import type { CResult } from '../../types.mjs'
 
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ export async function spawnSocketPython(
 
     // Use local Python CLI if available.
     if (resolution.type === 'local') {
-      const spawnResult = await spawn('node', [resolution.path, ...args], {
+      const spawnResult = await spawnNode([resolution.path, ...args], {
         cwd: options?.cwd,
         env: finalEnv,
         shell: WIN32,